Hellfire

One of Karin Fossum’s best crime stories... Fossum expertly captures the nuances of everyday life and the way in which people struggle to make sense of life... Karin Fossum is in a class of her own as a crime writer

Dagsavisen, Norway

The opening scene showcases Fossum at her best – the dank camper van, the heat and the brutal murders. The detailed, subdued tone; the grotesque in the middle of the everyday

Dagbladet, Norway

High-quality crime of the best, international standard. She has now focused her attention on a novel which, in my opinion, has to be one of her very best... So disturbing, riveting and painful that you can’t help but be drawn in

Tønsberg Blad, Norway

Superb... less a police procedural than a portrait of a society in crisis... the slow, deliberate revelation of the story behind the crime is dramatic and heartbreaking

Publishers Weekly

Fossum traces the parallels between the mothers and sons so patiently, precisely, and compassionately that even fans who know all too well what's bound to happen when their paths converge will be shocked into fresh grief themselves

Kirkus Reviews

There’s always something dark hovering on the edge of the page, something about getting what you wish for and the crushing irony when that gift proves your undoing

New York Times Book Review

A contemporary Patricia Highsmith

Irish Times

A superb writer of psychological suspense

New York Times

Fossum writes humane thrillers which perturb and chill

Observer

Fossum's intelligence compassion...is not often found in the pages of crime fiction

Donna Leon, Sunday Times